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kosovo:
Sigh . . .
No comment!

That is much better instead of diverting attention to other issues rather than deal with the blunder.

Give the average Nigerian that is complaining about Nigeria today opportunity to lead this nation and it will go up in flames in a matter of days or weeks.

Why is it close to impossible for Nigerians to admit errors or mistakes when they make them?

The issue is not the poll you set up after interpreting and applying your rule.

The issue is what constitutes a tie? 16 votes versus 16 votes or 16 votes versus 15 votes?

I believe the questions are basic and simple enough to warrant simple and straight forward answers.

The irony of this is that while a lot of serious pressing problems confront us daily it is an issue of non declaration of assets not looting or embezzling of public funds that is being taken to the front burner.

It is a shame that the ATM gateway providers are far from knowledgeable in the software and hardware parts of the ATMs and as such they can only implement what the units come with instead of tweaking or customizing them to suit our own environment with the peculiar issues.

This import and use mentality will grind this country to a halt one day as we keep paying the wages of workers in foreign lands while complaining about unemployment in ours.

I have received over 30 proposals from companies from both Western and Asian countries for one form of partnership or the other but the annoying thing is that they see these partnerships as export - import relationship which to me means that they believe we cannot produce anything which is unfortunate and shameful.

Where are our engineers? What does it take to program an ATM? What does it take to build a TV or refrigerator? What about a generator or even wind turbine?

Why do we have to import almost everything in this country?

kosovo:
i thought 3 members were to make the last and final round?

Was that the rule? I thought you were conducting this as a normal election where you get an outright winner or the top 2 do a run off?

kosovo:
After  the successful completion of the Nomination process. Click here to view!
 
  34 Members were Nominated, After carefully sorting out nominees which followed the rules of the process and subsequently invalidating multiple nominations, 5 of such members made it to the POLL. Click Here To View.

  Jakumo  - 16 (26.2%)
Becomerich - 16 (26.2%)
Kobojunkie - 5 (8.2%)
Beaf - 15 (24.6%)
Aloy~Emeka - 9 (14.8%)
 
  We had a tie, and Due to members comments and recommendation for a run off, A Run off Election has been Organized. We also witnessed low turnout of votes, hence the name has been changed to captivate more members to vote.
    Jakumo
    Becomerich
    Beaf
  are Eligible for the poll.
 

What constitutes a tie? I thought the tie was 26.2% for 2 people. How come 24.6% was included in the run off? This is how it starts, tomorrow we will shout that INEC is corrupt.

Interesting issue. A refund would do just fine. However, add the lessons learned to your portfolio as they will help you to deal with other clients in future.

These days, less than 10 minutes with a client tells me if I should reject or accept a project. Time is money and even if you need to do a refund you still get to lose the time you may have spent.

freshmoney:
Beware, your quick temper might take a better part of you someday.

Do not let these traditional antics blow you away. You will want to  convince me that you can don your juju based bulletproof to war field in Iraq and survive those skull tearing bullets, won't you? It's high time you turned a new leaf. I take this as schizophrenia and low IQ. Tudor has said it well, you are still in Eighteenth century,sorry   You might want to attack me with your eighteeth century syntaxes; just remember that I can bake you some good firework

Another mumu on the loose. I don't use juju. I don't have to practice it to know that it exists based on what I have seen.

So, even though your little brain would only conclude that one has to believe or practice something before he/she can say it exists you must realize that you have every right to be silly in life, no one can take away such fundamental human right.

Only ignorant people would foolishly dismiss something simply because they do not know or have not seen proof. That is my point and that is where you belong.

Tudór:
And this guy would claim to be an educated graduate. . . His mates in developed countries are actively seeking through scientific means to cure cancer and AIDS that is ravaging his african brothers. They are there developing thru science effective body amour and military hardware yet all he can do is come to NL and RANT about juju based bullet proof and women who deliver tortoise. I weep for Nigeria.

Exactly my point! According to clowns like you if it has not been experienced and written down by whites or scientists then it does not exist. Trust me when it comes to science even if I decide to abandon it today you will never get to know up to 10% of what I know about science until you grow old based on your extremely low level of reasoning.

Mariory:
So, how did the Tortise feed inside her and why did it not tear the placenta inside her before she gave birth? Also can I have fires with that?

I don't know the answer to your question and that is a fact of file that I must live with as no one knows the answers to all the questions out there.

I have seen strange things that science cannot explain and yet that does not make those strange things impossible or non existent.

I was shocked to see educated Nigeria laugh and dismiss claims of juju based bullet proof to the extent I only felt pity for them as the level of ignorance displayed simply because they do not believe is shocking.

And yet, some of these people agreed with the ability to make rain fall or stop it from falling simply because they now know that scientists have been able to do the same thing.

To these people, if the scientists or whites cannot replicate it then it does not exist. Such level of inferiority complex.

What worries me is that you get to see seemingly educated Nigerians get to dismiss anything they either do not agree with or think is possible based on their personal experiences or even documented text and so if it has not been proven or tested by whites or scientists then it does not exist.

Herein lies the tragedy and those that are the most guilty are those who try to come across as enlightened educated people who unfortunately are far from being capable of discussing intelligently and have very stiff and narrow mindsets.

Close your mind to certain things and you will remain intellectually stubborn. Disregard things because you can't come to terms with them and continue to make a fool of yourself even while trying to sound intelligent.

chidichris:
i am seeing the 2007 gubernitorial election drama in imo state been replayed over there in anambra.
i mentioned that earlier on somewhere in this forum.
the monster(obj) have said it and so shall it be so if by mistake soludo was denied the pdp ticket, the monster will show in anambra to tell the people that pdp is no longer interested in the election.
i am not inetersted in the goodness of soludo or whosoever is coming to rule anambra, rather my concern is whose interests are u coming for? the people or obasanjo.
go to the poll and prove urself and stop depending on the anointments of obasanjo who has destroyed nigeria and the hard fought democracy.
look at the electorial systems in the country since 1999, one will easily accept the fact that we are operating a democracy that is more brutal than a millitary system.
where is the fate of this country. this is 10 solid years of pdp leadership with no single institution in place. every decission is made by a single man. even in the millitary, there is a millitary council but today, we only have a govt of obasanjo, by obasanjo and for obasanjo.
how long are we going to depend on the wisdom and decission of a single old fool to run a country of over 150 million people. statesmen like mandella are valid even outside their countries but what do we have here, a man who is too dirty to be called a father. a morrally dead that he could sleep with his own daughter inlaw.
nigerians, what is there to learn from such a lessthan human being? i lost my respect for soludo that day he made himselve available for obasanjo dangerious games.

Can someone remind this guy that we have a man called Yar'adua that is the president of Nigeria since 2007?

@topic,

No doubt the average Nigerian lacks the capacity to engage in critical thinking or even intellectual discussions. Even from this forum the statement holds true any day.

p_boy234:
Please anyone with useful information on where i can buy a good Content Management Software or any Web Application For my site thats hosting free ebooks download should please contact me.

I also needed useful Ebook CDs/DVDs for sale i will buy.

Prosper Njoku
08068689393
prospernjoku@yahoo.com
www.fannixonline.com

What are the requirements for the e-commerce website? I develop all sorts of database driven websites from scratch regardless of the features and functionality required.

So, what's your budget like and how soon do you want this developed? If you have a merchant account that can accept Interswitch payments implementing a solution wouldn't take more than 1 week.

Akesan:
I have a website already published, but need to improve on it and make it more attractive and functional. If you can render this service to me at a reasonable cost, please send me an email at:  adelecterminals@yahoo.com

Possibly you can direct me to one or two websites that you have designed before.

It's urgent please.

How urgent? You may see www.itsyourcms.com to see if you can get a copy of the application installed.

What do you refer to as more functional? What exact features are you looking for?

abijawara:
Dont you think we are focussing on the wrong thing? While the website designs have to be great, they have to be functional too.

You see some websites that look great but by the time you start browsing through the site, you discover that they are not functional at all

Tell them.

Kokotee007:
Poster: I think it is at best disingenuous for you to generalise in the way you did. There are Nigerian websites out there that are right up there with the rest of the best in the world.

I know because I have built several myself.

Go check out http://www.egetwhy.com

You should NOT make such blanket statements, dude,

Did you actually design the egetwhy.com website yourself or you installed a copy of a web project?

I am confident that some Nigerian websites are even better than some you see in any part of the world. However, we should know when to claim ownership of anything and when to give credit to owners of web projects.

hayo:
Do u know that the GT bank website with all the nice functionalities was done by a Nigerian? In fact most big company websites are done by Nigerian companies but the case is that it is done by a team and not one individual.

I was doing something on GTBank website once and while checking out why the contact form was not working I realized that the site was based on what used to be Mambo (now Joomla). Of course the developer did a lot of work removing any links or pointers to the free open source software but for me the moment I saw a few things I knew the platform because I had used Mambo to setup websites long before it metamorphosed to joomla.

@topic,

As more and more companies and individuals have less money to spend the issue of demand and supply for business websites will be sorted out as more people would want to justify the cost of maintaining their websites.

Web developers should stop doing free demos as it is not only unprofessional but results in a typical client getting free ideas from multiple developers and settling for any even when any costs incurred are never recovered.

On the correctness or otherwise of different approaches as regards web development I see that as subjective but in the final analysis clients will shut down websites that are useless to them while the need to get functional and task focused websites will continue to increase.

ogzille:
Have u ever taken time to do a website from scratch?
Have u taken time to learn your basic html and css?
Have you tried to learn how spry (or some other widgets) work?
have you ever tried creating your own content management system?
Have u ever embedded your original efficient chat application or other applications to blend with your site?

Yes to all the questions but the last one.

Why would someone that created an original efficient chat application have any problems with making it blend with the website or is the poster referring to an open source chat application that is customizable?

KnowAll:
Also included on the committee are the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, governors of Delta, Kogi, Bauchi, Oyo, Enugu, Ebonyi and Imo states, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, Alhaji Isa Yuguda, Chief Adebayo Alao-Akala, Mr. Sullivan Chime, Chief Martins Elechi and Chief Ikedi Ohakim, respectively.



How will it be possible for the EFCC to prosecute the 1st lady of Abia State when the attention of her husband will be required in neighbouring Anambra State for campaigning duties on behalf of Mr Soludo. I think the PDP has taking us for a fool, this is just blatant misguidance of the highest order.

I weep for my nation, the only people anything is happening for are the Politicians and the friend’s and crony’s of Politicians any other and every other sector of the economy is on a standstill.

One of the major problems we face in Nigeria is misinformation or wrong information based on wrong premises and assumptions.

Do you know who the governor of Abia State is? If yes, is he a PDP member? If no, then what has the issue of 1st lady of Abia state doing in your post above?

What I am going to put down may be subjective but that is what I believe will help web developers.

Problem
Client wants you to do a project based on discussions but insists that you do a demo for the website especially as others that he/she discussed with did demos. I usually tell such clients that I will do a demo if I will be paid for it as my time must be accounted for.


Solution
Make it clear that indeed you can do a demo but insist on being paid for it. You don't tell Nokia to come to your house with their phone so you can test it out and if you are impressed you pay for it. Granted a lot of web developers would readily do the demo for free and your insistence on payment would most likely cost you the project but again maintaining the highest level of professional integrity in business is key to a successful business.

I came back from one of such meetings today I am told them to feel free to consider any of those that did demo for them as I would only do so if they are going to pay. On coming back, an old client asked me if I could do a project for him and wasn't even talking about price because he tasted first hand professional service over 3 years ago and this one is worth about 5 times the demo issue one.

Trust me your best clients won't give you stress and they are the ones that will help your business in the long run.

OMO IBO:
If you do not mind me asking, who sets/measures the yardstick?
And what is it based on?

Is it now an offence to have and share an opinion?

Are you asking questions because you seek answers or are these questions rhetorical questions based on conclusions you may have arrived at?

I don't know how the issue of offence and sharing or opinion came to be in the same question.

naijababe:
R'ber that I stated that this is my opinion at the beginning, the ambiguty is what provides for a lack of a common denominator. What would you use as yardsticks ?

I am not questioning your opinion. I am only pointing out the fact that your opinion may be wrong just because the premises you based your analysis may be highly subjective hence the need for a common denominator that will to a large extent be acceptable to the majority if not everyone.

Yardsticks could be any combination of the following

1. Fact
2. Truth
3. Logic

Logic may again be subjective especially as some would easily outwit others so the first 2 may suffice since they remain constant regardless of the personal opinion or position of the individual.

naijababe:
@ Afam
I believe everyone sets their own standards

And therein lies the problem. No common denominator. Everyone believes he/she is right and with such a position it becomes supremely difficult to agree on anything.

There should be yardsticks to measure issues we deliberate on otherwise people would continue to compare apples to oranges and wrongly believe that they are being objective.

It may be difficult to be objective but it is very possible to do so.

A question for the OP.

Who sets the standards?

From what I read on this forum it is usually the ignorant person that claims others are ignorant and someone that does not even understand the point is quick at claiming that someone else is missing the point.

bawomolo:
I didn't expect afam to fall for such divisive tactics. ha well.

I have never advocated for any form of division.

However, the issue of Nigerians being insults by those living outside is a serious one and should be discouraged especially as many Nigerians living outside Nigeria seem to support this nonsense while others either kept silent or try to justify the insults.

Have you spoken out against these irresponsible insults directed at those of us that are in Nigeria? What is your position on these insults?

Remember that you can support or oppose something by not getting involved and at the same time not taking a stand.

All Nigerians are Nigerians so what is there to gain by dividing or quarreling amongst ourselves while the corrupt leaders continue to get away with murder even in broad daylight?

chidichris:
@afam,
there is nothing to read about here. to me, there is no soludo without obj and there is no obj without thug life.
since u read the passage which is useless to me, will soludo reject his surname (obasanjo) and refuse himself pdp ticket.
that your idiot soludo obasanjo cannot pass an ordinary pdp primary election in his own local govt area hence his father introduced the selection partern.
on the issue of insecurity, i would love to refer you to the days of chris uba obasanjo in anambra when hell was let loosed or would u like a trip to oyo where the old idiot that is far gone now hjad the federal govt backing in destroying lives and properties of the people of his state. i mean adedibu obasanjo. if you know any criminal between 1999 till date, just add the surname to him because he made them all.
look at this;
ribadu obasanjo
iyabo obasanjo
tony annenih obasanjo
bode george obasanjo
chris/andy uba obasanjo
mrs etteh obasanjo
adedibu obasanjo
fany kayode obasanjo
moji obasanjo(sex partner)
all federal criminals had that surname and the latest name in that order is soludo obasanjo.
with bode goerge now behind bars, u shld have known that i far away ahead of u as a result of your shortsight.
what i see today, u will see in the next two yrs.
do not worry urself on how i do this because have your own annointing which could be in the area of ignorance.

And to think that we have seen it all as regards comedians in this country? Boy, just start one comedy show e go pay you pass the okpanta wey you dey waste your time write for NL.

walakolobo:
These group want everyone to beleive Nigeria is a hell hole and a dump, but when they aee contrary thigs, their heart goes down, this is why they criticise without lifting a finger to contribute- how can we silence them?

Nigerians living in Nigeria must challenge the lies and misinformation being spread by our brothers and sisters that are living outside Nigeria. Whether this is a result of envy, jealousy or "feel good" attitude I don't know but such comments and lies should be exposed for what they are at every juncture without delays.

chidichris:
soludo obasanjo, knowing the situation of insecurity in the state, u have sworn to add salt to injury.
remember, your second name(obasanjo) means insecurity.

I for talk whether this guy go complete hin post without adding OBJ's name. Did you read the article at all?

*jona:
The suspect, Okeke Ferdinard Ekwunife, 36, who claimed to have worked as a cleaner in London for over 10 years, was arrested on October 26, while allegedly attempting to board a British Airways flight to London.

Greed is dangerous. Not being contented with what you have is another disease. There are cleaners in Nigeria that are taking care of their families without resorting to drugs or crimes.

@topic,


Even from the horse's mouth we shall hear the truth. Damn!

People are losing their jobs, things are getting harder and yet Nigerians living in Nigeria are being insulted by those outside? Wonders shall never end.

Beaf:
PHP does have its place and can be a wonderful tool, but only for websites that are lightly stressed. I do not expect any bank to run its internet banking site with PHP, the same for media streaming code, Massively Multiplayer Game sites etc. The main reasons are is inherently insecure, has very poor performance, has relatively poor floating point math, is not close enough to the metal (too high level) and not very object oriented (being so old and un-updated).

For a performance comparison see http://www.misfitgeek.com/pages/Perf_Stat_0809.htm
Parent page here http://misfitgeek.com/blog/aspnet/php-versus-asp-net-ndash-windows-versus-linux-ndash-who-rsquo-s-the-fastest/

An internet bank site can run well with PHP if the developer knows enough to develop an efficient program.

When you state that PHP is not very object oriented (being so old and un-updated) then I can draw just one possible conclusion - You have been attending the wrong parties. The facts concerning PHP and what you stated are about 180 degrees apart.

As webdizzi stated somewhere else it seems that we are mixing up the issues here as regards programming languages and machine language.

I am well versed in the area of DSP (digital signal processing) and how today (due to the increase in the speed of even general purpose PCs) you don't even need any specialized hardware to run DSP based applications.

The processors do most of the work. The language construct only ensures that instructions are correctly sent, stored and retrieved when needed.

As regards content the best place to start is to state that the company/client will provide all the content and pictures (which will be optimized for the web if need be) based on the agreement.

I agree that the average prospective client has seen enough nonsense in the newspapers from ads asking for N5,000.00 for a full company website to another boasting of N1,500.00 per year for web hosting with 24/7 customer support.

So, in most cases they base their comments on what they have been bombarded with. That is why I advocate that web developers should learn to write articles that will help correct some of these misconceptions.

These days when it seems that it would take a lot of time trying to explain anything to a prospective client I point him to 1 or 2 articles that may have covered the area in question and it works like magic.